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The Nelsonite vol. 14, no. 19

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ftgCHIVES
VOLUME XIV • XIX SPRING ISSUE, 1985
Educational Foundation
Introduces New
Scholarships
by Suzanne Baker
The TNCC Educational Foundation has introduced two
new scholarships for high-achieving students. Each of the
scholarships amounts to $1,000 per year for the students
selected, and each is awarded for excellence in academia,
plus other -achievements the students have accomplished.
The Carroll T. Forrest scholarship, in honor of Mr.
Forrest who serves as vice-chair of the TNCC local board,
is to be awarded to a high school senior who has excelled
not only in the classroom but has excelled in the field of
athletics as well.
The Robert B. Smith scholarship, in honor of Mr. Smith
who has served as chairman of the TNCC local board and
who holds the longest tenure on the board—eleven years—is
to be awarded to a high school senior who not only excels
in his or her studies but also has helped others through
civic work or through extracurricular activities.
Nominations for these awards are being held in area
high schools/ and will be closed May 19. At that time,
students with the highest grade point averages and other
qualifications will be selected for the scholarships. The
Foundation plans to award the first of the scholarships in
the fall of 1985..
The Educational Foundation is a private organization
that started in January 1980. Its purpose is to raise funds in
order to promote excellence at TNCC. Its goals for achiev-ing
this are to raise money for scholarships for students
here already and for those graduating from high school.
Three TNCC students have already won scholarships for
their achievements, each amounting to $1,000 a year. They
are Gary White, George M. Rowe, and Juanita Gardner.
Graduating?
If you do not plan to participate in the 1985 Spring
Commencement Exercise, and you have not contacted the
Office of the Coordinator of Student Activities to
acknowledge your intent not to participate in this year's
exercise, it is imperative that you do so prior to Monday,
Graduating? Continued
June 3, 1985. You may contact the Office of the Coor-dinator
of Student Activities by telephone at 825-2860. If
you would rather come into the office to spéak in person,
the room is Room 216, Griffin Hall, across the corridor
from the Bookstore.
For those of you who wish to participate:
•The first graduation meeting was held on Saturday,
May 11,2 p.m. in Gators.
•Commencement invitations should have been picked
up on Monday, May 13, in Room 216, from 9 a.m. until
4 p.m. and in the Counseling Center, Room 201, from
4:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
•Starting May 13, 1985, you may sign up in Room 216 if
you would like your spouse to receive a "Good Mate
Award."
•Any individual who may have a specific disability, or
who will have a guest attending with a disability that may
require special accommodations should contact Tom
Kellen at 825-2827 no later than May 31, by 5 p.m.
•Graduation regalia will be distributed in front of
Gators on June 5 throiigh June 7, from 10 a.m. through
7 p.m. each day.
•Graduation rehearsal is scheduled for June 14 at 9 a.m.
at the Hampton Coliseum.
TNCC Students Take
The Prizes at Writer's
Conference
by Charles Stern
Three TNCC students walked away from the
Christopher Newport College's Writers' Conference with
four placing awards on April 20.
Emmanuel Puma won first and second prize in the
category of student poetry. Jan Edwards placed third in
general fiction prose, and Bryon Bailey placed fourth in
general fiction prose. All three students are enrolled in
TNCC's English 230 class-Creative Writing. All four
- selections were based on or written as class assignments for
the Creative Writing course, and were later submitted into
the CNC Writers' Conference.
The Conference, directed by Ms. Christine Sparks of
CNC, invited student writers and poets from every college,
university, community college, and institute in Virginia to
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ftgCHIVES
VOLUME XIV • XIX SPRING ISSUE, 1985
Educational Foundation
Introduces New
Scholarships
by Suzanne Baker
The TNCC Educational Foundation has introduced two
new scholarships for high-achieving students. Each of the
scholarships amounts to $1,000 per year for the students
selected, and each is awarded for excellence in academia,
plus other -achievements the students have accomplished.
The Carroll T. Forrest scholarship, in honor of Mr.
Forrest who serves as vice-chair of the TNCC local board,
is to be awarded to a high school senior who has excelled
not only in the classroom but has excelled in the field of
athletics as well.
The Robert B. Smith scholarship, in honor of Mr. Smith
who has served as chairman of the TNCC local board and
who holds the longest tenure on the board—eleven years—is
to be awarded to a high school senior who not only excels
in his or her studies but also has helped others through
civic work or through extracurricular activities.
Nominations for these awards are being held in area
high schools/ and will be closed May 19. At that time,
students with the highest grade point averages and other
qualifications will be selected for the scholarships. The
Foundation plans to award the first of the scholarships in
the fall of 1985..
The Educational Foundation is a private organization
that started in January 1980. Its purpose is to raise funds in
order to promote excellence at TNCC. Its goals for achiev-ing
this are to raise money for scholarships for students
here already and for those graduating from high school.
Three TNCC students have already won scholarships for
their achievements, each amounting to $1,000 a year. They
are Gary White, George M. Rowe, and Juanita Gardner.
Graduating?
If you do not plan to participate in the 1985 Spring
Commencement Exercise, and you have not contacted the
Office of the Coordinator of Student Activities to
acknowledge your intent not to participate in this year's
exercise, it is imperative that you do so prior to Monday,
Graduating? Continued
June 3, 1985. You may contact the Office of the Coor-dinator
of Student Activities by telephone at 825-2860. If
you would rather come into the office to spéak in person,
the room is Room 216, Griffin Hall, across the corridor
from the Bookstore.
For those of you who wish to participate:
•The first graduation meeting was held on Saturday,
May 11,2 p.m. in Gators.
•Commencement invitations should have been picked
up on Monday, May 13, in Room 216, from 9 a.m. until
4 p.m. and in the Counseling Center, Room 201, from
4:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m.
•Starting May 13, 1985, you may sign up in Room 216 if
you would like your spouse to receive a "Good Mate
Award."
•Any individual who may have a specific disability, or
who will have a guest attending with a disability that may
require special accommodations should contact Tom
Kellen at 825-2827 no later than May 31, by 5 p.m.
•Graduation regalia will be distributed in front of
Gators on June 5 throiigh June 7, from 10 a.m. through
7 p.m. each day.
•Graduation rehearsal is scheduled for June 14 at 9 a.m.
at the Hampton Coliseum.
TNCC Students Take
The Prizes at Writer's
Conference
by Charles Stern
Three TNCC students walked away from the
Christopher Newport College's Writers' Conference with
four placing awards on April 20.
Emmanuel Puma won first and second prize in the
category of student poetry. Jan Edwards placed third in
general fiction prose, and Bryon Bailey placed fourth in
general fiction prose. All three students are enrolled in
TNCC's English 230 class-Creative Writing. All four
- selections were based on or written as class assignments for
the Creative Writing course, and were later submitted into
the CNC Writers' Conference.
The Conference, directed by Ms. Christine Sparks of
CNC, invited student writers and poets from every college,
university, community college, and institute in Virginia to
Continued next column Continued on Page 3